ellen: we are talking about 2013 toow, the first in come out and ask her company, pinterest, as wellnts in silicon valley, what percentage of your software engineers are actually women? it is something people had been talking about for a long time, promoting diversity, especially engineering, but there weren't really numbers and we did not know what percentages of the work force were black, latino, people or women, or other groups not very well represented already. oliver: broad transparency to something where transparency needed to be, then from there, some of these companies started setting goals on what they wanted to accomplish. how are they doing accomplishing these goals? been really it has interesting to see how companies responded to the first round of issuing their demographic data. a lot of companies -- including google, apple, facebook -- just came out and said, here are our numbers, not so good, here's how we are working on it. a couple of companies, including pinterest and twitter, came out and said not only that, but we want to set goals for next year in 2016. we want t

and a couple of companies including pinterest and twitter, , came out and said not only that, but weoals for next year in 2016. we want to make sure that 30% of our engineering hires are women, and that was big because it sets a strong need to really make changes that are going to get close to that goal. and what we saw with pinterest is they set goals around women in engineering and underrepresented minorities in different roles that the company has. they did not meet the women in engineering role. they aimed for 30%, and they only had 22%. for next year in response, they lowered their goal from 2017 from 30% down to 25%, so they actually changing or lowering their expectations. carol: companies are trying to create more diverse workforces. i mean, you even talk about companies using blind hiring, stripping off the names and faces from applications, and yet it is hard to create a diverse workforce. they are not having that much success. ellen: yeah, i think, there are two schools of thought on how you might approach a diversity effort within your company. a lot of companies are goin

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pinterest predicts jackfruit will be the next meat substitute. don't ask me? whole foods thinks people will start eating more purple vegetables this year. egg plants. i can get on board with. my mom buys these things that korean grocery store. >> you know what jackfruit is? >> not really. my thing is eat something else. >> had had pork chops last night. >>> nbc 4 is working for you. >> and we hope you'll join us this weekend at aero24th annual health and fitness expert. it is happening saturday and sunday at the washington convention center. you can join us for m tests and screening or come by and meet aaron and me, chuck bell, everybody. find more information on the nbc washington app. >> and we'll have special guests there too. what's the dog's name? the "today" show dog? >> charl a e. he's adorable 237. >> should be a good time. >> come see us. we'll be there saturday afternoon. >> and i'm climbing the rock wall. >> we're coming just to witness that. stay with us. news 4 today continues. >>> right now a "news 4 today. "how the president hopes to put a stop

can't we agree pinterest would be far more effective in stopping isis?few people talk about changing hearts and minds. est lindsey lohan is the on one brave enough. we heard from generals and presidential candidates, but she wants to go to the right place with good intentions. >> at least she is taking on isis, not just some bizarre ridiculous law that doesn't mean anything more social justice warriors. she can bring people together. let's not forget what she did from the parent trap. not only did lindsey bring them together, but she also got a friend and a twin out of it. kennedy: if only that twin could salvage her acting career. she wrote just grow to bed and close the blinds. still and so on i can't help but want to fix all these idle isis minds. >> the end is better if only i can continue to fix it all, i would keep the world living, loving and small. i would share my smiles and give to many kisses. >> she is a poet laureate. kennedy: the end. >> celebrities. they are just -- they are the most pompous, self-centered, complete lack of self-realizatio

this is a pinterest interest.that she put it on a t-shirt and center to school school is the problem. whatever. but you know what i mean, what they do in their private time, that's their business and if you want to put that, it's the sharing of it. >> should we be ashamed because we're hunters? >> if you want anything, violence on tv or the internet, they have a warning. there's a warning to let people know, do you want to watch this? people had to look at her sweatshirt, people were uncomfortable with it. i kind of get the fact that if she wanted to show them a picture, somebody would have to say they wanted to see it. >> she goes to school with fidel castro on a t-shirt like that, that we like. you show up in school with ha guevera shirt. >> you should talk to your kids about hey, if you wear this there might be consequences, the fact that she literally -- >> fashion police, it's ridiculous. >> the broader argument that i agree with, i don't think you should have policy for everything, use common sense. >> exact

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i saw this picture on pinterest or instagram this week that was saying about men dating multiple people, if you have to choose me and another person, don't choose me. i'll make the decision easy for you. > we're going to take a quick break and we'll be right back. t] okay. you have seen these long lines at revolution tack on. chef michael joins us. why are your lines so long. >> yummy delicious. > you brought a display. you have an event every wednesday called chicken and rice. >> that's what you brought here this morning to sort of walk us through the process. >> yes. > how people can do it at home. >> where do we start. >> start with the chicken. we like dark meet chicken, it has more flavor. i prefer dark meet as well. i don't know where to go with that. so we take the chicken prior to this step and it goes into a brian. it's water, sugar and salt and what that does is it pulse impurities out of the chicken like blood. the next day we take our homemade adobe owe mixture which is our house seasoning mixture and let the chicken mare nate in that and then we cook it. people at home can'